Fiona Hill

Fiona Hill (formerly Fiona Cunningham) is a British political adviser.[1][2][3] As of 2016, she is Joint Downing Street Chief of Staff, serving alongside Nick Timothy.[4][5][6][7]

A former journalist who worked for Sky News and the Scotsman, Hill worked alongside Theresa May in the Home Office as a media adviser before resigning in 2014.[8][9][10] Hill left government after being forced to resign as Mrs May's special adviser in a 2014 dispute with Michael Gove over alleged extremism in schools, which culminated in her releasing a confidential letter on May's website, prompting then Prime Minister, David Cameron, to insist that May sack her. [11][12][13][14] In 2015, Hill became a Director of Lexington Communications, a lobbying firm.[15][16] On 14 July 2016, she was appointed joint chief of staff to Theresa May, who had become UK Prime Minister the previous day.[7]

Compared to Timothy, with whom Hill shares the Chief of Staff position, less is known about Hill's personal political views, as she has not written opinion articles as Timothy did from 2015-6.[2] James Kirkup, who worked with Hill in journalism on the Scotsman, suggested "it's probably fair to say that Mrs May only talks about modern slavery [as a priority for government action] because of Ms Hill, and that’s not the only issue of which that is true."[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Kirkup, James. "Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy: the story being told about Theresa May's top advisers is inaccurate and unfair". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 Hardman, Isabel. "Beware the aides of May! The people who'll really run the new government". The Spectator. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Hill, Fiona. "Twitter post". Twitter. Retrieved 15 July 2016. just Fiona Hill. McLeod is my middle name but had to use it to get a handle
  4. ↑ "BBC Politics Live - 14 July 2016". BBC News Online. BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  5. ↑ McInerney, Laura. "Profiles: Nick Timothy". Schools Week. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Theresa May's Cabinet a triumph for state education and women as new Prime Minister sweeps away Cameron favourites in 'Day of the Long Knives'". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Press Release: Downing Street political advisers". Gov.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Pierce, Andrew. "The discreet affair between two of the Home Secretary's closest advisers which may be the REAL reason for her bitter split with Cabinet colleague Michael Gove over Islamic plot to take over schools". Daily Mail. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Who's who in Team Theresa May". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  10. ↑ Parker, George; Vina, Gonzalo. "Inside Theresa May's office: late nights with a tight team". Financial Times. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Home Office Quietly Deletes Letter To Michael Gove on Islamic Extremism (But It's Still on Google)". buzzfeed.com. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  12. ↑ Helm, Toby; Boffey, Daniel; Mansell, Warwick (7 June 2014). "Furious Cameron slaps down Gove and May over 'Islamic extremism' row". The Observer. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ Michael Gove apologises over 'Trojan Horse' row with Theresa May
  15. ↑ "Director: Fiona Cunningham". Lexington Communications. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  16. ↑ "Team Members - Fiona Cunningham". Lexington Communications. Retrieved 15 July 2016. Fiona joined the team at Lexington as a Director in 2015. She previously spent over four years at the Home Office working directly to the Home Secretary, Theresa May on a wide range of polices including organised crime, policing, counter terrorism, immigration and modern slavery. On behalf of the Home Secretary, Fiona led the work which created a Modern Slavery Act. She also published her own report on modern slavery across the EU. Before joining government after the 2010 election, she worked for the Conservative Party in opposition for a number of years spanning DWP, health and home affairs policy. A former print and newspaper journalist, she has worked for SKY News and The Scotsman Newspaper.

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